BMW 4 Series Gran Coupefour-door coupe spied testing

A prototype of the upcoming BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe has been spied in Germany, suggesting the new nameplate’s first four-door model could be eyeing a 2014 debut.

Following in the footsteps of the 6 Series Gran Coupe, the BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe retains much of the original coupe’s body styling while adding a second pair of doors at the rear.

Snapped by CarAdvice’s photographers while undergoing road testing, the 4 Series Gran Coupe appears lower and sleeker than the current 3 Series GT, featuring a tighter glasshouse and a more heavily raked rear window.

With camouflage concentrated to the rear doors, quarter panels and boot lid, we can see the protoype’s front end carries over from the 4 Series Coupe and Convertible with an identical bonnet, grille, headlights and fog lights. The spied Gran Coupe does wear a mildly tweaked front bumper, however.

The smaller BMW Gran Coupe model is expected to match its recently revealed Coupe sibling’s engine line-up, with a range of turbocharged diesel and petrol four-cylinder and turbocharged 3.0-litre six-cylinder engines offered, all partnered with the same eight-speed automatic transmission.

Likely to debut in 2014 as a 2015 model, the 4 Series Gran Coupe could be followed later by a possible ‘M’performance variant, taking a leaf out of the BMW M6 Gran Coupe’s book.

I love BMWs but I know I’m going to laugh when we see the price premium for this over an identically spec’d 3 series.

Roadtard

Stop it already!

quivive

What was the question?

$29896495

Looks a lot like a 3 series to me. What makes it a 4? How many cars doing exactly the same thing are they going to build? no wonder they are having trouble in Europe, they’re all filling nonexistent niches.

Sacha Kloostra

So, what is the 3 series GT meant to be now?

nugsdad

Geat idea next I think we need a three series with only two doors, no wait isn’t that a 4 series, but a four series with 4 doors must be a three series,……. hold on I’m getting a headache…..make mine a C Class I understand that.

Hjalle

No no your right, a 3 series with 2 doors and it will look almost exactly the same as the 4 series but instead of a 4 it will say 3 on it – superb idea!

Plus because 3 is less than 4, and you are only getting 2 doors not 4 we will charge you more because your two door 3 series is so unique

peddy.d

i was hoping the side profile would mimick the 6 series gran coupe, but it looks like they’ve taken something out of the Audi A5 sportback’s book

HJP

BMW = Branded’s Most Wasted

Abcd

Bmw is doing what Samsung is doing with galaxy s4..Same hardware, same design but different vairants

Igomi Watabi

BMW, as ever, niching a niche. I can almost excuse the 6 Series Gran Coupe, because it is noticeably different from a 5 Series sedan, but it’s a concept that doesn’t translate down. And while we’re at it, the 3/4 Series naked mole rat front end is a styling failure.